Category Archives: Tech News

Disney adds Disney+ and ESPN+ to Hulu + Live TV, and will raise its monthly price by $5 to $70 for the ad-supported tier and $76 for ad-free, starting Dec. 21 (Dade Hayes/Deadline)

Dade Hayes / Deadline: Disney adds Disney+ and ESPN+ to Hulu + Live TV, and [...]

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Nov
MediaTek announces the Dimensity 9000 mobile chip, which uses TSMC's 4nm process and supports 5G without the faster mmWave standard, WiFi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3 (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: MediaTek announces the Dimensity 9000 mobile chip, which uses TSMC’s [...]

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Nov
Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for news content in Europe as part of a 5-year partnership, the first with a news agency under a 2019 EU directive (Agence France-Presse)

Agence France-Presse: Google will begin paying Agence France-Presse for news content in Europe as part [...]

18
Nov
Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout on Tuesday, its second in the past four months, demanding CEO Bobby Kotick step down after a WSJ report (Shannon Liao/Washington Post)

Shannon Liao / Washington Post: Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees staged a walkout on Tuesday, [...]

17
Nov
Bird reports Q3 revenue of $65.4M, up 63% YoY, vs. $65.7M expected, and a net loss of $36.9M, down from $43.8M YoY, in its first public earnings (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch: Bird reports Q3 revenue of $65.4M, up 63% YoY, vs. $65.7M expected, and a [...]

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Nov
Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that send users to their apps in the App Store, to protect its cut by decreasing web signups (John Koetsier/Forbes)

John Koetsier / Forbes: Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that [...]

15
Nov
Apple agrees to pay its CA store workers $29.9M, settling a 2013 lawsuit for time spent in required security bag checks; Apple dropped the policy in 2015 (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: Apple agrees to pay its CA store workers $29.9M, settling a [...]

14
Nov
Cloud backup service Backblaze climbed 24% in its Nasdaq debut on Thursday and 12% on Friday, after raising $100M in its IPO, giving it a market cap of ~$650M (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Cloud backup service Backblaze climbed 24% in its Nasdaq debut on [...]

13
Nov
CoreWeave, which offers a specialized cloud service for GPU-based workloads, raises $50M led by Magnetar Capital (Matt Przybyla/VentureBeat)

Matt Przybyla / VentureBeat: CoreWeave, which offers a specialized cloud service for GPU-based workloads, raises [...]

12
Nov
A look at Elon Musk's preplanned moves for Tesla stock, after it fell 12%+ following his weekend Twitter poll where users voted he should sell 10% of his shares (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A look at Elon Musk’s preplanned moves for Tesla stock, after it [...]

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Nov